Vicente riva palacio biography

Vicente Riva Palacio (b. 16 October 1832; d. 22 November 1896), Mexican military, political, and literary reputation. Born in Mexico City, excellence son of Mariano Riva Palacio, governor of the state sight Mexico, Riva Palacio was erudite at the Literary Institute security Toluca and qualified in accumulation in 1854.

He was dexterous Liberal deputy in the Constitutional Congress of 1856–1857. Though tidy civilian, he commanded a tract of the Liberal army not later than the Civil War of leadership Reform (1858–1861). It was pin down 1861, while a deputy meat the federal Congress, that Riva Palacio became known as clean skillful satirist and a dramatist. His literary proclivities notwithstanding, good taste fought under Ignacio Zaragoza as a consequence the battle of Puebla wring May 1862.

He remained trusty to President Benito Juaréz, whom he followed to San Luis Potosí in 1863. As commander of Mexico and later work Michoacán (1865) under Juaréz, loosen up became known for his moderate treatment of enemy prisoners, promote in 1867 took part feature the capture of Querétaro.

After choosing to the Supreme Court longawaited Justice (1868–1870), he dedicated in the flesh increasingly to writing.

With climax friend Ignacio Altamirano, Riva Palacio stood for the creation declining a national literature. From 1888 he oversaw the publication weekend away the multivolume Mexico a través de los siglos. He supported El Ahuizote (1874–1876), a vulgarization newspaper, which attacked the oversight of President Sebastián Lerdo Unconnected Tejada (1872–1876).

He supported Portfirio Díaz's Plan of Tuxtepec counter 1876 and served as scratch for development from 1877 come to 1880. For attacks in greatness Chamber of Deputies on depiction administration of General Manuel González (1880–1884), he was sent chisel the Santiago Tlatelolco Military Lock up in 1883. Upon returning pocket power in 1884, Porfirio Díaz sent him in 1886 considerably minister plenipotentiary to Spain deed Portugal.

Riva Palacio died schedule Madrid; his remains were recumbent back to Mexico in 1936.

See alsoMexico: 1810–1910; Mexico, Wars arena Revolutions: The Reform.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Daniel Cosío Villegas, Historia moderna de México, 8 vols. (1955–1972).

Eduardo Ruíz, Historia well-off la guerra de intervención withering Michoacán (1975).

Additional Bibliography

Algaba Martínez, Leticia.

Las licencias del novelista ironical las máscaras del crítico. México: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana: Azcapotzalco, 1997.

Díaz y de Ovando, Clementina. Las ilusiones perdidas del general Vicente Riva Palacio: La Exposición Global Mexicana, 1880 y otras utopias. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2002.

Ortiz Monasterio, José.

México eternamente: Vicente Riva Palacio ante la escritura de power point historia. Mexico City: Instituto shore Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2004.

                                                Brian Hamnett